Posts by Daniel Wiersema (Page 20)
GETTING PERSPECTIVE
2 Corinthians 4:7-18 My wife and I were out on our deck last night enjoying a small camp fire and the quiet of the night. It was a good pause to the busy Monday we had and chance for us to catch up on the days events. After we spent some time talking and watching the flames dance in front of us, we turned to June 17th in the devotional. See we’ve been reading through Paul Tripp’s book “New Morning…
How Would You Answer?
I recently did a case study for my seminary class. Below is the situation: A Sunday School class has as its lesson Luke 2:41-52, Jesus in the Temple as a boy. The teacher, following the background and explanatory information in his teacher’s quarterly, is trying to help the class understand this story in its historical context and original setting and the fact that Luke (who alone among the Gospel writers tells this story) seems to want to underscore Jesus’ heritage…
Starting Something New
I have enjoyed writing for many years now. Recently I have been submitting articles to the local newspaper for the “Clergy Comment” section. And I have been doing a number of blog posts for my seminary classes I am taking as part of the homework assignments. From those things and encouragement from others, I decided to try the whole “blogging” thing out and make a go at it. We’ll see what happens. Should be interesting. My goal though is to…